December, 2007 Commentary Now Available
Sleeping in Heavenly Holiday Peace
I’m a list-maker and as I’m writing this, I face my usual, crammed-full, ever-lengthening holiday do-list, which I suspect that most people could consider laughably simple compared to their own. Even so, it seems like a lot to me, and even an overwhelming “a lot†some days. That list got me thinking about its fulfillment as it relates to the pets with troubling results because I realized that in some ways the list is all about me. Nor do I think I’m alone in this. Although most pet-owners certainly don’t plan it that way any more than I do, the truth is that getting everything done that needs to be done during the holiday season is based on the assumption that the pets will allow us to do this. And that includes getting or making gifts for them, or doing special things with them.
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